public static Array ToArray(ICollection value, Type conversionType, Encoding encoding)
{
if (value == null) {
return null;
}
if (conversionType == null) {
throw new ArgumentNullException("conversionType");
}
if (!conversionType.IsArray) {
throw new ArgumentException("Must be an array type.");
}
ArrayList arraylist = new AssocArray(value).toArrayList();
if (conversionType == typeofObjectArray) {
return arraylist.ToArray();
}
try {
return arraylist.ToArray(conversionType.GetElementType());
}
catch (InvalidCastException) {
Int32 length = arraylist.Count;
Type elementType = conversionType.GetElementType();
Array array = Array.CreateInstance(elementType, length);
if (array.GetType() != conversionType) {
throw new RankException("Only single dimension arrays are supported here.");
}
for (Int32 i = 0; i < length; i++) {
array.SetValue(ChangeType(arraylist[i], elementType, encoding), i);
}
return array;
}
}
